As part of the overall plans for the house we wanted to take advantage of the regular (too often!?) rainfall we get here in Auckland.

I must admit we got more rain when we lived in Mt Roskill (felt like it)... anyway, we wanted to at least harvest this rain, store it and then use it to water the garden, fill the toilet and the washing machine. One day we hope to also drink it as currently it is against the law to do so under Auckland City Council regs....

We have decided to bury the water tank out of sight, out of mind... and this means concrete water tank is preferred. In addition, we didn't want the taste of the water to be tainted by plastic, fibreglass or any other medium which one again brings us back to the conclusion that concrete water tank is the best solution... We also had space constraints and didn't want to have outlet (draw-off) from a pipe at the bottom of the tank... so customisation was the best solution... all of these points lead us to choose Warkworth Tanks as our manufacturer and supplier. (Turned out to be an excellent choice! phew!)